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Added in 2.4
$calias
Returns the calling alias for the current script,
alias test1 {
echo -ag Calling alias is $calias
noop $test2
}
alias test2 {
echo -ag Calling alias is still $calias
noop $test3
}
alias test3 {
echo -ag Calling alias is still $calias
}
Added in 2.7
$calias(N)
Returns the Nth calling alias in the scripting stack.
Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
| N | If N = 0, number of aliases in the stack, otherwise the Nth calling alias. |
Properties
| Property | Description |
| .alias | Returns the name of the alias. |
| .fname | Returns the filename of the script calling the alias. |
| .line | Returns the line number in the script calling the alias. |
| .isid | Returns $true if the alias was called as a identifier, otherwise $false. |
Example
alias alias1 {
alias2
}
alias alias2 {
noop $alias3
}
alias alias3 {
var %s 0
while (%s < $calias(0)) {
inc %s
linesep
var %alias $calias(%s).alias
echo -ag alias = %alias
echo -ag calling filename = $calias(%s).fname
echo -ag caling line = $calias(%s).line
echo -ag isid = $calias(%s).isid
if ($isalias(%alias)) {
echo -ag alias filename = $isalias(%alias).fname
echo -ag alias line = $isalias(%alias).fline
echo -ag alias type = $isalias(%alias).ftype
}
linesep
}
}
Updated by Per Amundsen over 1 year ago · 9 revisions